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Category: International

The fizzling of The Population Bomb: China ends its one-child policy

October 29, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Population growth, Poverty Leave a comment

Last night, I attended a presentation looking at trends in world population since biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968, a best-selling

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“Fallout” [the game] and fallout [the nuclear reality]

October 22, 2015 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, International, Nuclear weapons, Technology Leave a comment

“If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.” –Albert Einstein. Next month, “Fallout 4,” a highly-anticipated

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Guns around the world: Who owns them? Who has the most?

October 7, 2015 Occasional Planet Guns, International, Widgets: Guns One comment

Most of the world’s firearms are privately owned, says The Small Arms Survey. And which country has the most privately owned firearms per capita?

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UK’s Labour Party elects socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn

September 18, 2015 Madonna Gauding Government, International, Labor and unions Leave a comment

Jeremy Corbyn, elected by a landslide to lead Britain’s Labour Party, has for his entire 32 years in politics held fast to the socialist

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Nuclear agreement: There is no “better deal” with Iran

July 30, 2015 Steve Sorkin Foreign Policy, International, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

Those who think “a better deal” with Iran is possible are beyond just dreamers– they are dangerous and naive fantasizers. Believing that the US

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After TPP, Obama may have a tough time convincing some on Iran deal

July 17, 2015 Arthur Lieber Consumer issues, International, Obama Leave a comment

Like the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the nuclear deal between Iran and five other countries including the United States is complicated, and the devil is

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Myths and lies about Greece

July 14, 2015 Madonna Gauding Banks, Financial reform, Foreign Policy, International, Justice One comment

  From Truth and Satire: Every single mainstream media has the following narrative for the economic crisis in Greece: the government spent too much

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Instead of BDS, support progressives in Israel and Palestine

July 3, 2015 Adam Levin International One comment

When Noam Chomsky thinks the Left has gone too far, it’s probably time for some reassessment. The famed intellectual and linguistic philosopher wrote an

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Addictions: Coffee, cocaine, and U.S. policy in Colombia

June 9, 2015 Christopher Burke Foreign Policy, International, Legal issues/Law One comment

We are in love with our morning coffee. What could be more American? Coffee more than pie? Just possibly! What if our morning caffeine

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flushing

Adventures in flushing: Colombia edition

May 16, 2015 Christopher Burke Environment, International One comment

We sanitize happily in the United States. In fact, we are blessed to not have to pay a lot of attention to our toilets

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Apps for refugees: merging technology and humanitarianism

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